kernel/linux.git/drivers/tty/vt, branch v6.6.155

vt: stabilize tty reference in kbd_keycode with tty_port_tty_get

2026-08-19T16:13:09+00:00

commit e25d47a526939ad44b75f778b8a7500562b84fc1 upstream. kbd_keycode() reads vc->port.tty without acquiring a tty reference, racing against con_shutdown() which clears port.tty under a different lock. Use tty_port_tty_get()/tty_kref_put() to hold a proper reference for the duration the tty pointer is needed. Assisted-by: AISLE:Snapshot Signed-off-by: Joshua Rogers Cc: stable Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731-tty-vt-stuff-v1-1-be99b9da8e30@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl

2026-08-19T16:13:09+00:00

commit a7ad0034453ba4c353f9b8f810ee2569de33d283 upstream. KDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all other keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enforce, allowing a process to change meta mode on a non-controlling console without authorization. Assisted-by: AISLE:Snapshot Cc: stable Signed-off-by: Joshua Rogers Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260731-tty-vt-stuff-v1-2-be99b9da8e30@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vc_screen: fix null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier() during concurrent vcs_write

2026-07-04T11:42:22+00:00

commit a287620312dc6dcb9a093417a0e589bf30fcf38a upstream. A KASAN null-ptr-deref was observed in vcs_notifier(): BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in vcs_notifier+0x98/0x130 Read of size 2 at addr qmp_cmd_name: qmp_capabilities, arguments: {} The issue is a race condition in vcs_write(). When the console_lock is temporarily dropped (to copy data from userspace), the vc_data pointer obtained from vcs_vc() may become stale. After re-acquiring the lock, vcs_vc() is called again to re-validate the pointer. If the vc has been deallocated in the meantime, vcs_vc() returns NULL, and the while loop breaks (with written > 0). However, after the loop, vcs_scr_updated(vc) is still called with the now-NULL vc pointer, leading to a null pointer dereference in the notifier chain (vcs_notifier dereferences param->vc). Fix this by adding a NULL check for vc before calling vcs_scr_updated(). Fixes: 8fb9ea65c9d1 ("vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Yi Yang Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260604060734.2914976-1-yiyang13@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: defkeymap: Map keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE

2025-08-28T14:28:33+00:00

commit b43cb4ff85da5cf29c4cd351ef1d7dd8210780f7 upstream. The maximum number of keycodes got bumped to 256 a very long time ago, but the default keymaps were never adjusted to match. This is causing the kernel to interpret keycodes above 127 as U+0000 if the shipped generated keymap is used. Fix this by mapping all keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE so the kernel ignores them. The contents of this patche were generated by rerunning `loadkeys --mktable --unicode` and only including the changes to map keycodes above 127 to K_HOLE. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Myrrh Periwinkle Cc: stable Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-vt-misc-unicode-fixes-v1-2-c27e143cc2eb@qtmlabs.xyz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: keyboard: Don't process Unicode characters in K_OFF mode

2025-08-28T14:28:33+00:00

commit b1cc2092ea7a52e2c435aee6d2b1bcb773202663 upstream. We don't process Unicode characters if the virtual terminal is in raw mode, so there's no reason why we shouldn't do the same for K_OFF (especially since people would expect K_OFF to actually turn off all VT key processing). Fixes: 9fc3de9c8356 ("vt: Add virtual console keyboard mode OFF") Signed-off-by: Myrrh Periwinkle Cc: stable Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250702-vt-misc-unicode-fixes-v1-1-c27e143cc2eb@qtmlabs.xyz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vt: add missing notification when switching back to text mode

2025-07-17T16:35:21+00:00

[ Upstream commit ff78538e07fa284ce08cbbcb0730daa91ed16722 ] Programs using poll() on /dev/vcsa to be notified when VT changes occur were missing one case: the switch from gfx to text mode. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/9o5ro928-0pp4-05rq-70p4-ro385n21n723@onlyvoer.pbz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: make consw::con_switch() return a bool

2025-07-06T09:00:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit 8d5cc8eed738e3202379722295c626cba0849785 ] The non-zero (true) return value from consw::con_switch() means a redraw is needed. So make this return type a bool explicitly instead of int. The latter might imply that -Eerrors are expected. They are not. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-31-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: sanitize arguments of consw::con_clear()

2025-07-06T09:00:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit 559f01a0ee6d924c6fec3eaf6a5b078b15e71070 ] In consw::con_clear(): * Height is always 1, so drop it. * Offsets and width are always unsigned values, so re-type them as such. This needs a new __fbcon_clear() in the fbcon code to still handle height which might not be 1 when called internally. Note that tests for negative count/width are left in place -- they are taken care of in the next patches. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-22-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

tty: vt: make init parameter of consw::con_init() a bool

2025-07-06T09:00:10+00:00

[ Upstream commit dae3e6b6180f1a2394b984c596d39ed2c57d25fe ] The 'init' parameter of consw::con_init() is true for the first call of the hook on a particular console. So make the parameter a bool. And document the hook. Signed-off-by: "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Helge Deller Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" Cc: Daniel Vetter Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Tested-by: Helge Deller # parisc STI console Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240122110401.7289-21-jirislaby@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Stable-dep-of: 03bcbbb3995b ("dummycon: Trigger redraw when switching consoles with deferred takeover") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

vt: remove VT_RESIZE and VT_RESIZEX from vt_compat_ioctl()

2025-06-19T13:28:31+00:00

[ Upstream commit c4c7ead7b86c1e7f11c64915b7e5bb6d2e242691 ] They are listed amon those cmd values that "treat 'arg' as an integer" which is wrong. They should instead fall into the default case. Probably nobody ever relied on that code since 2009 but still. Fixes: e92166517e3c ("tty: handle VT specific compat ioctls in vt driver") Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pr214s15-36r8-6732-2pop-159nq85o48r7@syhkavp.arg Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin